I’m not *insert your concern/accusation here*

Or because I have submitted to the mythical black dog and he is picking my jugular out of his teeth with my pinky bone.

I have been shutting down my laptop and not visiting your blogs (as an aside, please don’t abuse me for not commenting on your blog it, doesn’t make me want to run over there and declare my love you know… idiot) and just posting random exclamations on twitter and facebook and wandering off.

Not because I didn’t win the writer thing – hello I was a FINALIST and you weren’t and you are calling ME a sore loser WHATTHEREVERLOVINGFUCK?

Not because I don’t love you all.

Or because I am too arrogant and self centred to not reply to your awesome comments and suggestions this week.

It’s like when you are at a party with all your friends and they are having an amazing time and you are totally happy for them but you are just not feeling it so you hug everyone and go home and sleep it off, safe in the knowledge that next time you will be up there dancing and squealing and having fun like the rest of them.

That.

Not flouncing, there is no rule of the internet that says that you have to post on your blog/twitter/facebook every day.

Not lamenting the fact that I had hundreds of comments on each post and now 20-30 but thank you so much for bringing that to my attention and using it as a reason of why I suck.

I am just not feeling it right now.

So I walked away. For a few days, maybe a week, who knows.

But I am OK, for those that are worried.

A big FUCK YOU to those that think I am attention seeking or whatthefuckeverIamdeletingyouremailsnowwithoutevenreadingthemyoucan’thurtmelalala

And a see you when I see you to my friends that know that I do this shit sometimes and then I come back posting every single day and clogging your twitter stream and facebook feed with my awesomeness.

Now excuse me while I go and watch endless clips of Extreme Couponing, Cake Boss and Toddlers and Tiaras on YouTube while snuggling up in my green blanket of awesome. You Americans be batshit crazy, I fucking love you for that.

Do you just walk away from the internet sometimes cause it just gets too much?

Do people email you to abuse you for doing so?

Do you have a good recipe for brownies?

How long do I have to walk all over Newman to burn off a whole tray?

Share this:

Related

Everyone is entitled to be a bit ‘over’ twitter. Sometimes I just stay away because I’m feeling the sooks and I don’t want everyone else to wear it. Sometimes I’m feeling awesome and I don’t want some random arsehat on twitter to ruin that. And sometimes I’m just occupied enough in the real world that I can’t be bothered. But amazingly it all has to do with ME – not everyone else on twitter. So the arsehats emailing you need to remember that. It’s actually nothing to do with THEM.
And I use a packet mix 🙂
xxxCate

Yes, I walk away… I go camping.
No, they don’t…obviously I’m not listening if they do… so there.
Yes, I have a freaking awesome brownie recipe… it’s so simple… and wicked. Let me know, I’ll forward it to you.
As for calorie burning. NFI! Who does that these days? It’s Winter!!
😉
xxXOoo

No people do not abuse me for doing so. What. The. Heck? If that is what you get when you are ‘cool’ then please god don’t ever make my blog cool. And what is with all the nastiness on the interwebs right now 🙁

Brownie recipe? My auntie has an AMAZING brownie recipe. But I don’t have it here. Not. Very. Helpful.

Do you just walk away from the internet sometimes cause it just gets too much?
Yep, just wrote my first blog post since April 8th. Doubt it’ll be the start of me writing regularly again though… so exhausted. Same shit, different day, yaknow? Facebook is the only place I check regularly cause, like you said (and I wrote on my blog before coming here to read this… weird right?!) it has my friends on it. Both online and “real” life.

Do people email you to abuse you for doing so?
Nope, I’ve not made it to that point, lol!

Do you have a good recipe for brownies?
Pass..

How long do I have to walk all over Newman to burn off a whole tray?
Feck that, I’d rather watch Glee, or House, or Grey’s, or any number of other tv shows I’ve been sucked into…

I think you should feel really proud that you do what you want when you want.You dont feel pressured to blog and so you shouldnt.It is your space to do with what you want when you want and good on you for that.You dont rely on comments to make your day and you dont let those negative anons who dont have the courage to put their name to their words bring you down.
I have been feeling sad lately about how much negativity there has been on blogs.I dont blog but do visit from twitter.I just feel there is enough shit that we have to deal with in our lives and our cyber world should be a place of support for eachother.If cant say something nice why bother to comment.They must have lonely empty lives with bitter hearts and maybe we should just feel sorry for them.They cant feel good bringing others down.
Do what you feel and be proud about it and know whenever you come back we are all here to support and listen to you.
You and your blog are appreciated.Big hugs xx

Jesus, I am hoping you are taking creative liberty and fictionalising some of this shit. If people actually email or suggest this I am agog.

You are nominated in my blogger most likely to reply, comment and interact category. I am kind of blown away that people get to whinge that you aren’t payign them attention.

Enjoy what you do when you aren’t on the laptop, whatever it may be. I have a kickarse recipe for brownies but has so much more chocolate, sugar and butter than the one above that I will only give it to you if you really want to hear Newman whine from the pummeling you will give him. My best tip for brownies is to slightly undercook them, leave them to cool in the tin before removing and eat them the next day. That will give you perfect inner smoosh:outercrunch ratio.

Sending whatever you need to counter the crazy folk – love, sarcasm, disbelief, transferred hate, admiration, screening of the entire series 3 of Giuliana and Bill. Pick one, or a couple.
Carol

don’t you just love those kind people who feel the need to email.
take a break,enjoy.
I personaly think you’re fab, I doubt anyone would even notice if I took a week off. lol. but that’s ok too.
I’m actually interested in this crazy us coupon hype!

I may be hated for the packet suggestion but Donna Hay’s packet brownies are freakin awesome. Mixed and in the oven in 10 mins. Good on their own. Heavenly warm with icecream. :-). Can’t help it. They’re too good to pass over suggesting.
Hugs
Suze

I got my first hate mail this week and will need some tips from you – do I press delete OR do I “accidentally” send it to everyone in my contacts to show them what a twat this person is :P. I’ve had a Twitter hater, a FB hater and now an email hater! TRIFECTA!

Actually 99% of the time I just hit delete without reading and mark the person as spam in my gmail settings. Otherwise I obsess about what they say and get really worked up.

UNLESS, like happened a little while ago, it is someone I know and they have emailed me ACCIDENTALLY when they meant to email someone else about how ungrateful and up myself I am. THAT email I still have BARBARA.

I always walk away from my blog i really don’t feel the need to blog everyday sometimes i don’t blog for months but no body ever emails me to find out why or abuse me and i have an awesome recipe for brownies its weight watchers and involves Raspberries ,if you want it let me know and ill email it to you x

Oh, I can’t believe anyone would abuse you for having a break. That sucks!

I often do it – just log off my computer and spend the night in front of tv. I’m at my desk all day at work and while I enjoy writing, spending the night also at a desk in front of a computer can get a bit much.

Sometimes I tweet to say I’m logging off… but I tend to figure no one cares.

Also I sometimes spend so much time thinking about ‘what I’d / I’ll write about something’ I don’t pay attention to what I’m actually doing!!!

<3 hun. I'm there with you. I have a post coming up next week, but yeah…right now I'm feeling like my plate is full and blogging is the thing I've chose to put down and come back for. I am around, and I will be back, but right now twitter is just too fast for me, facebook is still too boring, and after I've read and commented on a handful of blogs, I'm too tired to update my own.

Of course I walk away. Everyone walks away sometimes, or else they implode. It never fails to amaze me how much people think they have the right to on the internet. Last time I checked, it was still YOUR blog and YOUR life, you don’t owe the internetz anything beyond what you yourself decide to put out there. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but unless you’re a paid blogger doing this for a paying employer then never under obligation. Your friends will still be here when you want to engage, tell the rest to suck it.

As for brownies, I discovered this last weekend, made it, and completely agree with the poster – it truly is the Best. Brownie. Recipe. Ever. And I’ve tried a lot…

I just don’t understand some people. They really baffle me. We see a tiny glimpse of your life here and surely people must understand that shit goes on in everyone’s life that necessitates one crawling into one’s own personal hermit cave to refresh the batteries … or not as it seems with idiotic trolls.
I don’t read many blogs anymore, but this is one I ALWAYS check because it is awesome…. but if being awesome so regularly requires some occasional (or regular) space and distance, then that’s fine by me.
Love ya guts. XA

I hardly have any weirdo emails, so I can just click ‘This is spam’ and I never hear from them again. Yay! It internet world is good like that. You keep good and warm. I keep forgetting that as we in the North are celebrating the sun, you are sinking into darkness and drizzle 🙁

I always find it a bit odd when people apologise profusely for not blogging for a while and berate themselves for being a ‘bad blogger’. I mean we blog when, and because we want to, it isn’t a job – who gives a fuck? (Clearly some of your readers, but it is one thing if people are concerned about why you’ve gone quiet, another if you are being berated.)

This is a recipe my Mum made whilst I was growing up and it has remained my favourite (apols for the old skool measurements):

Ignore the abusers, they’re just jealous that you’re able to walk away from the internet, when they can’t.
Afraid of missing even the teensiest piece of inane gossip they are.
Probably worried it will be about them.
That’s a sad attitude.

I walk away all the time. Every weekend, practically. I don’t understand people emailing you about the fact that you’re not online… Do they have no life? I don’t get emails and people don’t notice when I walk away for more than my normal weekends, so I’m actually surprised to have read this. Sometimes, there’s just nothing to say!
Also, I want to say that the image you’ve shared is SPOT ON, both of our sets of neighbours are creepy quiet. In fact, I’ve not seen the ones on our right at all. WHAT are they up to??

I don’t have enough readership for anyone to give two fucks (by which I mean, email me) if I don’t post for a while, but yeah, I have walked away from it for a couple of weeks. Sometimes I just don’t feel chatty.

I love Cake Boss! (by which I mean, I’ve seen two episodes and have spent many an hour stalking their bakery’s cake gallery for inspiration. I also have his book. Not that I’ve used it, but just having it makes me feel like a better baker. Or something.)

2) Pioneer Woman’s mocha brownieshttp://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/pioneer-womans-mocha-brownies.html
The version I posted has half the amount of icing the original recipe had, and I cut it into 25 pieces not 16, too. But when I did the maths for using the whole batch of icing and cutting into 16 pieces as per the recipe, it came out at 540cal per piece. So that’s, like, fuckloads of time on Newman. Go the Donna Hay ones. Raspberries = fruit = healthy… right???

I don’t understand the mindset of internet haters. So what if you don’t blog everyday (even if I check everyday…. ;)), I wouldn’t dream of emailing you about it; I would never dream of rubbing someone’s face in winning or not winning something…. I just don’t get people sometimes. Bullies never change, I’m guessing.

*big hugs* sounds like you need ’em

Oh, and when you figure out the brownie/Newman ratio, please share!! xx

I have actually ended up using the Donna Hay packet. I rarely use packets, but decided I didn’t have the time as I am moving next week 🙂 I will have to give the rating in about 20 min as they are currently in the oven!! 🙂

Absolutely. I walk away from the internet every now and again (kinda doing it at the moment actually). Just quietly wander off and come back when I’m ready. I’ve never been abused for it though. Whatthefuckingfuck?

Dear God, if this is the shite you have to put up with I am glad I am a small time, completely irregular blogger/tweeter. I duck in and out all the time (have been absent very much in fact this last week!) because some times real life gets in the way and sometimes online life can be a big time suck.

hey there Kelley, I have been avoiding your page of late because i am about to start study again at 37 and I am so worried i will procrastinate on the internetz that i have banned you and Woog…. ( I am here momentarily because Its study day one and I cant make heads or tails out of the uni page or find my units…. shhheeeeittt….
this is the best recipe ever….

1. Preheat oven to 180oC. Grease and line a 3cm deep 16cm x 25.5cm lamington pan.
2. Combine dark choco and butter in heatproof bowl. Microwave uncovered for 2 mins on MEDIUM HIGH (70%) POWER. Stir until smooth.
3. Stir cocoa and sugar into warm chocolate. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
4. Stir in flours, then white choc bits and walnuts. Spread into parepared pan and bake for 35 mins or until skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in pan, dust with cocoa or icing sugar. .

enjoy and we cant see each other for a while as your awesomeness is distracting…and i need to study!

I’ve been meaning to email you. My dad (54) had a stroke last week and I thought of you. I’m going to go back and see if youhave any archived posts on it. It sucks, big time, but he’s home now and hopefully we can rehab his swallowing reflex and get rid of his feeding tube.

{{{HUGS}}} Babe. The worst part of blogging is when you start blogging for everyone else and not yourself. You don’t have to explain yourself. You don’t have to be anything but YOU. Blog when you feel like it. Ignore everyone else. It’s YOUR blog! I think I’m finally getting back to the real reason I blog. It’s very freeing.

Well I for one hope you are back soon as I have only just recently discovered your brilliance and I want more! Selfish I know and I am sorry for that, but I hope you know you are missed.
I had someone email in my third month of blogging asking me why I didnt comment on her blog when she comments on mine. I was a bit shocked to be honest as I didnt really believe someone would really care enough wether I commented or not. She didnt really care, she just wanted the comments and well if I have nothing to say I kinda figure why just write something stupid to prove I was there. Anyway I’m rambling, so I will condense everything else I have to say into one or two short sentences. You rock, please dont stay away too long, Big Hugs and go the American trashy TV – Woohoo! x

So many people only comment and EXPECT a comment back. That is not how it works. Comments ARE AWESOME and make a bloggers day but a comment that is basically ‘here is my blog come and comment back’ is insulting.

I walk away from the blogging part of the Interwebs so often that my blog is even more deadly boring than before & even LESS people read it. I do not interpret this as evidence of my own suckage. I have teh awesome brownie recipe but it is hidden in an old, dough-daubed Gourmet Traveller mag & I can’t find it or the catastrophic lens I wanted to use to view Venus in her Transits.

I didn’t read all the comments so I apologise if this has been suggested. The best brownies I’ve ever made is a basic brownie recipe and then you chuck frozen raspberries on the top and/or big dollops of peanut butter in the mix and swirl it round a bit with a skewer. Very noice!

sometimes I walk away from everything and just go to work for months, my old foreman used to notice this and chat… that was nice, now everything gets to much I just go to work, doing nothing else and no one notices, it happens, enjoy your hiatus, we all need it sometimes